Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author James Zirin explained the concept of stare decisis, the doctrine in which many court cases are decided based on previous precedent. He spoke ...

The article discusses Flanders v. Goodfellow, where the court overruled its previous ruling that barred negligence claims against domestic animal owners. Emphasizing the flexibility of stare decisis, ...

Both majority and dissenting opinions include extensive discussions of stare decisis. But the truth is whether you think Roe v. Wade should have been preserved on that basis is heavily correlated with ...

I saw this post at the "Re's Judicata" blog, written by Prof. Richard Re (University of Virginia), and found it very interesting; I asked Prof. Re whether I could repost it, and he graciously agreed: ...

Three Florida Democrats spoke at the Planned Parenthood in Kissimmee to address the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court showing a plan to throw out the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. ‘Our ...

One very important point in the confirmation hearings of Justice Brett Kavanaugh received little attention. It was Kavanaugh’s professed respect for the doctrine of not overruling previous Supreme ...

This column is the second in a series of three considering some potential implications of June Medical Services v. Russo, a case involving a constitutional challenge to a Louisiana law regulating ...

The justices explored possible ways to limit the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel during oral argument in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. on Wednesday. The doctrine works like this. An ...

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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has expressed a willingness to reconsider established legal precedents, questioning the ...

Abortion has always been a potential outcome of pregnancy. “Abortion” is the medical term for miscarriage. Elective abortion is a medical procedure that some women will need during their childbearing ...